Authoress: Yep, I'm back again...--; thanks Ang...takes away my only studyhall to write this have to thank all of my wonderful reviewers...

faelain- isn't it cute?

plumbeus- OO you finally got a name?! glomps HII SAMMY!!!

Tenshi- oh just shut up you! At least Sam has a name to flame my ass with! glares repeatedly

Sesshomaru: OO;;;;

Authoress: okay, now, since only three people have reviewed and they said they liked it...although I think it'll absolutely suck since there is no hot man-sex in it...but sighs whatever floats your boat...flinches damn you Angela!!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha...do you think I'd be writing this stuff if I did?? WE'D ALL BE WATCHING FRICKIN' NC-17 STUFF BETWEEN SESSHY AND...PRETTY MUCH...ANYONE AND EVERYONE...ooo...everyone...grins

Just to let ya know...I'm skipping ahead quite a bit...cuz I just don't WANT to image Koga and Kagome...shivers eye twitches ...yep....Koga and Inuyasha or Miroku...HELL YEAH!!! okay...on to the story of straight, non -lemony doom...

Chapter Five

Kagome smiled, glancing up from her 'students' to see a small ball of fur racing around the field with an exhausted Koga trying to keep up with it. The children, wolves, and more than one adult began staring at her until she continued her story about what her home in the future was like.

"Kagome?" Said woman's gaze shifted slightly to look at Shippou. He smirked, holding the 'un-catchable' ball of fur in his hand. Snickering, Shippou laid the thrashing pup down onto the soft grass next to Kagome. "Koga's really starting to get old..."

"WHAT DID YOU SAY, FOX-BOY!!?" Koga shouted from his bent over position on the other side of the grassy field. He panted, resting his hands on his knees, in attempts to catch his breath.

"You heard me, Gramps!" Shippou retorted, only succeeding in further aggravating the leader of the wolf demon tribe. Kagome covered her smile as best she could, knowing where this daily argument would take Koga and her adopted son...a large swell on Shippou's head and a smirking Koga.

"Mommy?" Kagome looked down at the ball of fur, the corners of her mouth upturned. The fuzzy pup slid into her lap and smiled up at her, his blue eyes filled with pleading. Kagome ruffled the boy's spiked black hair, shaking her head. "Do I hav'ta?"

"Hai, Yamainu, you have to take a bath," Kagome replied, placing her finger on her son's small nose. He giggled, his black furry tail wagging. She forced herself not to laugh at her adorable child. He looked like a chubby form of Koga, pointed ears, tail, and all.

"But, Mommy!" He protested in between fits of laughter as Kagome ticked his sensitive sides. Kagome inwardly sighed, hoping life would stay as peaceful as it was now. Life had been tranquil ever since she took possession of the Shikon no Tama, nearly six years ago. Since then, she had settled down with Koga and they started their own family...hence the small fur ball in her lap. Yamainu was going to turn five soon, but he already was considered an adult by most standards, making his first 'kill' when he was only two. Even though it was just a squirrel he was curious about, everyone congratulated their future leader as if it was the most powerful of demons. The entire tribe loved Yamainu like he was their own and were always spoiling the boy. The tribe increased further in number when Shippou, after trying to live with Miroku and Sango for a year or two, returned to the wolf tribe. After a while, Shippou got used to the wolves and, now that he was maturing, was always being stalked by the younger women, and men, of the tribe. Kagome thought it was cute, but Shippou couldn't stand all the attention he was getting.

"Kagome..." Koga stated, lifting their son into his arms, then tucking the squirming child under his arm.

"What, Koga?" Kagome glanced up at her husband, smiling softly at him. His gaze shifted to something behind Kagome. As her eyes focused on what he was looking at, she smiled, immediately recognizing the hanyou calmly walking up to her. "I-Inuyasha?"

"Hi, Kagome..." he replied softly, a smirk on his familiar face.

"Mutt-face..." Koga said, immediately getting a response out of the half demon.

"NANI?!" Inuyasha retorted, his voice raising. Kagome couldn't help but laugh, seeing that in the time Inuyasha had been gone, nothing had changed. "Jeez...I can never get away from that name, can I?" he mumbled, smiling when he saw Shippou. "Hey, the runt grew..."

"Hmph," was Shippou's answer to the hanyou's statement.

"So what are you doing here, Inutrasha?" Koga asked, shifting the weight of his son under his arm.

"I..." Inuyasha trailed off, staring at his feet. "I just wanted to...apologize...for being such a jerk..."

Kagome smiled, knowing what Inuyasha was talking about. When he left nearly six years ago, he was quite pissed off when Kagome and Koga finally told him about their relationship. He went storming off and they hadn't seen him since then. "It's okay, Inuyasha..."

Inuyasha smiled slightly as he looked back up at Kagome. His eyebrow lifted involuntarily when he saw a small fuzz ball crawl into her lap. He held back a snort when he saw the pup's face. "Hey! How the...?" Koga stared at his, now, vacant arm, then to the child in Kagome's lap.

"Inuyasha...this is Yamainu...Baby...say hi to Inuyasha," Kagome said, trying to turn the child who was clinging to her shirt, burying his face into her chest.

"He looks just like ya," Inuyasha mocked, grinning over at Koga. Koga basked in his pride for a moment, until he heard the second half of Inuyasha's statement. "Poor kid."

While Koga stared daggers at the hanyou, Yamainu glanced over at Inuyasha and smiled shyly at the stranger. "Hi..." he whispered softly, loosening his death-grip on his mother just long enough to wave at Inuyasha. If Inuyasha was anyone else, he would have 'awed' at the child's adorable gesture.

"So, how have you been doing, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, trying to end the one-way glaring contest between her husband and Inuyasha.

"Fine...training mostly," Inuyasha replied as he sat down on the grass, glancing over at the rest of the tribe who were still sitting around Kagome. They got the hint and quickly left, only leaving the four 'friends' and the fuzz ball.

"Think you can beat me now, Mutt-face?" Koga questioned, smirking at Inuyasha. He and Shippou sat down as well, once he was sure Inuyasha was about to blow up at him.

"...feh..."

"Thought so," Koga stated, the smirk never leaving his face.

"Actually, I could beat you with both my hands tied..." Inuyasha retorted, immaturely sticking his tongue out at his rival. "I've been training with one of the greatest warriors ever!" He smiled fondly at this, which made Kagome quite curious.

"Oh, who?" Kagome asked, wondering if this 'warrior' was someone she would want to meet.

Inuyasha 's face reddened at Kagome's question. He mumbled something, but Kagome couldn't make it out. Guessing from Koga's reaction, though, she decided he heard.

"WHAT?! You've been training with the ippikiookami Tenshi!?!" Koga exclaimed, his mouth hanging wide open. "You can't be serious!"

"Who's that?" Kagome asked, glancing over at her amazed husband. She rarely saw him so surprised, and the look on his face was beyond humorous.

"...Shinoshounin..." Koga stared at Inuyasha in disbelief.

"Umm...translation please?" Kagome asked, glancing from Inuyasha to Koga.

"In the north, there is a infamous assassin...Shinoshounin...they say whoever meets her will most assuredly die a painful death..."

"Tenshi hates that name...Shinoshounin. She said it makes her sound like some kind of shinigami..." Inuyasha stated, glad to find something that unnerved Koga. Kagome swore that, for an instant, Inuyasha was furiously blushing and sighing.

Authoress: yep......I need help, I know...

Tenshi: mind explaining a few things...like all that Japanese stuff? OO

Authoress: aighty! First, Koga's son's name...Yamainu means wild dog or Japanese wolf...yeah, I need help, I know...umm...Shinoshounin is a name I picked out in my searches of translators...it means 'Merchant of Death'...suits Tenshi right? Anyways...for those of you who didn't watch Risky Safety...a shinigami is a god of death...oh, almost forgot...ippikiookami means loner or lone wolf...someone needs to sooo give me something else to do besides translate things...anyways, on to the rest of the story!

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"Uncle Inuyasha!!" Yamainu yelled into the sleeping hanyou's ear, quickly retreating to his 'safe' behind Kagome. Inuyasha glared at the annoying ten year old, grumbling about trying to sleep until he saw the smile on Kagome's face.

"What?"

"There's someone here to see you..." Kagome said, her smile broadening. "If you don't save her from everyone questioning her...she might leave..." The miko smiled at this, surprised at how quickly Inuyasha got up and shot out of the cave.

Once Inuyasha found Koga, who was currently staring with his mouth wide open, he smirked. "Oi!" Koga's eyes snapped towards Inuyasha, his mouth quickly closing when he realized it was hanging open.

"Konnichiha, Mutt-face," she stated, smirking at the hanyou as she quickly unfolded her legs and stood up. Inuyasha stared at her for a moment, wondering what the wolf youkai was doing here. "You never told me you knew Koga!"

"...?"

"Yeah, Mutt-face! You could have at least told me about Tenshi!" The two wolves glared at Inuyasha.

"I did, baka!" Inuyasha retorted.

"No, what he means is, you should have told him more about me," Tenshi replied, smiling politely. Inuyasha knew that smile too well...and feared it greatly.

"I didn't even know she was a wolf youkai!" Koga pointed out.

"So?"

"So, I probably should have told you I wasn't completely left alone after that demon killed my family. I had family in a nearby tribe...my cousin...he wasn't allowed to search for me, since they thought I died along with everyone else..." Tenshi stated.

"And?" The instant Inuyasha said that, he knew he shouldn't have from the frown he got from Tenshi.

"Dense moron...Koga is my cousin!" Tenshi exclaimed, rapping Inuyasha's head as hard as she possibly could. The hanyou, now unconscious in a crater in the ground, remained still, the bruise on his head beginning to swell.

"You've changed quite a bit, Tenshi...at least I'm not the only one who'll yell at Inutrasha now..." Koga stated, smirking.

"Inu...trasha...I like it!" Tenshi smiled at her 'long-lost' cousin, then glanced down at the hanyou who was beginning to stir. "Oh my gosh, are you alright?!" Within a moment, Tenshi was helping Inuyasha up, commenting on the bump on his head. "Did you fall down again?"

"NO! I didn't fall, you hit me!!!" Inuyasha exclaimed, glaring at the woman.

"You must have really hit your head hard...why would I hit you?" Tenshi asked innocently.

Inuyasha growled softy, a small smile on his face. He was glad to have her back.

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"Very good, Yamainu!" Tenshi exclaimed, clapping her hands. She had been secretly watching the young hanyou train for nearly an hour, but after seeing such techniques, she had to comment.

"Oh, Tenshi...I was wondering when you were going to come out..." Yamainu stated, turning to look at his 'Aunt.' He smirked, noticing the woman's swelling belly was now quite noticeable. "Shouldn't you be resting...Ojisan will have my head if he knows your sneaking around here..."

"Inuyasha worries too much..." Tenshi stated, picking up a large splinter of wood that Yamainu had broken off the tree with a single punch nearly half an hour ago.

"Otousan is probably worrying about you too," Yamainu commented as he jumped down from his perch on a tree branch over Tenshi's head. "Umm...I know this might not be the right time for it...but do you think Otousan will let me go on a journey?"

"A journey?"

"Hai...I wanted to see other lands besides our own...I want to see a palace...meet a dragon...everything you, Ojisan, everyone in the tribe tells me stories about! Everything Okaasan talks about...I want to do something that doesn't have to do with our tribe!" Yamainu sighed in frustration. "I asked Otousan before...he said I will only be disgusted by what's out there...but I still want to go!"

"You don' t have to yell, Yamainu, I'm right here," Tenshi joked, smiling at the demon. He smiled back, a slight blush on his face as he apologized. "How old are you, Yamainu?"

"I'll be seventeen summers next month, why?"

'Seventeen already? He's growing up too fast...and even if Koga says no...he'll still go...and he might not return...' Tenshi sighed inwardly, praying she wasn't making the wrong decision. "Listen, if you promise me one thing...I'll get your father to let you go."

"Really? What?!" Yamainu asked eagerly.

"Just make sure you don't get yourself killed," Tenshi replied, smirking. "or don't fall in love...I want you to return home one day!"

"Don't worry about it! But how are you going to get Otousan to agree?" Yamainu asked, studying the woman's face. She was truly a person of many emotions, but now she seemed to be doubtful.

"Leave that to me, just pack your things quickly and get going..."

"B-but! I don't have Otousan's permission yet!" Yamainu pointed out.

"I know...go anyways...I'll explain it to him..."

"A-arigatou," Yamainu said, smiling slightly, then racing off to the cave.

"Are you making the right decision...letting him go, Tenshi?" Inuyasha asked as he glanced over at the woman he loved more than anything. Even though it had been years since they become lovers, he still couldn't understand her sometimes.

"He needs to learn things for himself...anyways...Kagome and I already talked about it...she agrees too..." Tenshi replied hesitantly, turning to look at the hanyou who had mastered hiding himself. Truthfully, he had already surprised her more than once.

"But?"

"But I just feel like something's going to happen to him..."

Authoress: yep...I need a life...typed this one in one day...DAMN YOU ANG!!!

Ang: smirks from corner

Authoress: anyways...umm...I know I skipped quite a bit...--; the story is about Yamainu more than anyone else...him, Sesshy, the whole bit...so, I'll try getting to those parts eventually...umm...next time...on Kyuuten no Chiai...Rin's side of the story...hopefully... /waves/ until then! SAYONARA!!!!